Newcastle 1-2 Tottenham
Carling Cup holders Tottenham edged into the last 16 to give their season a timely boost while plunging managerless Newcastle’s to a dismal new low.
In front of a 20,577 crowd at St James’ Park, both teams showed their fragile confidence in a poor first-half.
Spurs did not offer much, but they did manage to [...]
Brighton 2-2 Man City (5-3 pens)
Manchester City suffered an embarrassing Carling Cup exit after being beaten on penalties by Brighton.
Brighton’s Steve Thomson struck the post before a deflected Gelson Fernandes strike put City in front.
Glenn Murray fired in to send the game into extra-time and Joe Anyinsah turned and shot home to put Brighton ahead.
Stephen Ireland equalised, [...]
Portsmouth 0-4 Chelsea
A dominant Chelsea brushed aside Portsmouth to book their spot in the Carling Cup fourth round.
Frank Lampard clinically slotted in a penalty to put the Blues ahead after Michael Ballack was brought down by Nadir Belhadj.
Florent Malouda lashed in a shot for Chelsea and Lampard walked in his fifth of the season after [...]
Man Utd 3-1 Middlesbrough
Late goals from Nani and Ryan Giggs put Manchester United into the Carling Cup fourth round after Emanuel Pogatetz was sent off at Old Trafford.
United dominated and Cristiano Ronaldo, back for his first start after injury, headed them into a 25th minute lead.
Substitute Adam Johnson volleyed an unlikely second-half equaliser before Pogatetz was [...]
Arsenal 6-0 Sheff Utd
Arsenal’s youngsters handed Sheffield United a football lesson as they raced into the Carling Cup fourth round.
Nicklas Bendtner started the rout on the half-hour with a shot from 20 yards and soon struck again from close range.
Carlos Vela curled in a superb third before half-time and the 19-year-old striker made it 4-0 five [...]
Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea
Tottenham came from a goal down to beat Chelsea at Wembley and win the Carling Cup after extra-time.
Jonathan Woodgate won it when Petr Cech disastrously punched the ball on to his head from Jermaine Jenas’s free-kick.
Pascal Chimbonda had hit the bar for Spurs, before Didier Drogba’s 20-yard free-kick gave Chelsea the lead with [...]
Everton 0-1 Chelsea
Chelsea secured a Carling Cup final meeting with Tottenham thanks to a Joe Cole strike that saw off the challenge of Everton at Goodison Park.
Cole scored the only goal of the game when he controlled Florent Malouda’s raking ball and sent his half-volley past goalkeeper Tim Howard.
Chelsea also went close through striker Nicolas [...]
Tottenham 5-1 Arsenal
A pulsating Tottenham performance saw them run riot against Arsenal to book a place in the Carling Cup final.
Spurs got off to the perfect start when Jermaine Jenas angled in a shot to put them 2-1 ahead on aggregate.
Arsenal’s Nicolas Bendtner then headed into his own net before Robbie Keane’s 18-yard shot put [...]
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